[RDS-WHOIS2-RT-Leadership_Staff] Update on timing and final report.

[Alan Greenberg]

Both Catherine and Susan have supported this proposal. My 
recollection is that Cathrin cannot accept ICANN funding, and Susan 
is already funded (although she may need us to cover a few extra 
days. I will need funding.

Since this will have a cost in thousands of dollars (although below 
the amount we put in the budget) I assume this needs staff approval. 
Can we have this done as soon as possible to meet the 06 Nov 
traveller submission date?

Alan

At 30/10/2018 03:56 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
>To: RDS-WHOIS2-Leadership <rds-whois2-rt-leadership_staff at icann.org>
>From: Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
>Subject: Update on timing and final report.
>
>As I think you know, Lisa Phifer will not be able to work with us to 
>complete the report, and MSSI is looking at options for an editor. 
>It will not be anyone with knowledge of the subject.
>
>The draft report was too long and not cohesive, so I think it needs 
>a careful overall review and revision. SInce the editor will not 
>have a feel for the intent of the analysis and recommendations, it 
>will fall on us to do a fair amount of the work. Given my lessened 
>responsibilities with regard to At-Large, I am willing to do at 
>least part of this, but we will need to adjust the timeline, both 
>for the rework and to have team members sign off.
>
>We meet 10-12 December which leaves just one week before the holiday 
>season. That will not be enough time to complete the substantive 
>edits and to clean up the overall report. So we will definitely go 
>into January. My target is to issue the report no later than the end 
>of the month.
>
>If there is a 50 day public comment once submitted to the Board 
>(which is what was done for the CCT Review), that puts the comment 
>ending about a week after the end of the Kobe meeting.
>
>I suggest that we plan for:
>
>- An engagement session with the community; and
>
>- An opportunity for the RT leadership (and possibly other team 
>members if appropriate) to meeting with Board and/or ICANN Org to 
>clarify or elaborate on any aspect of the report.
>
>I have passed this by Chris and he supports it.
>
>Cathrin and Susan, do you support this proposal?
>
>The budget we used in stopping the public comment on short term 
>actions included funding for a few people for the Kobe meeting and 
>still came out using only $300k of the $690k allocated. I suggest 
>that we look at funding up to three people for the meeting (people 
>who authored key sections of the report and are not otherwise 
>funded. (At this point I will likely need funding.)
>
>Travel lists need to be submitted in about a week, so we will need 
>to move fast if we proceed.
>
>Alan